Term
| vertebral levels of larynx |
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| five important junctions at C6 |
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Definition
| laryngotracheal junction, pharyngoesophageal junction, vertebral a. entrance level, recurrent laryngeal n. enters larynx, and carotid tubercle. |
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Term
| how do you open/close the vocal fold? |
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Definition
close: swing the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage laterally such that the vocal process is swung medially and closes the vocal folds.
open: swing the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage medially such that the vocal process is swung laterally and thus increases the distance b/t the two vocal folds. |
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Term
| mm. attaching to the oblique line of the thyroid cartilage |
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Definition
| sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, thyropharyngeous (inferior pharyngeal constrictor). |
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Term
| the three membranes of the larynx |
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Definition
| thyrohyoid (thyroid cartilage to hyoid bone), quadrangular (converge as they descend), and triangular membranes (converge as they ascend). |
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Term
| Function of intrinsic laryngeal mm |
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Definition
| open/close laryngeal aditus, open/close rima vestibuli, open/close rima glottidis, and length-tension regulation. |
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Term
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Definition
| 3 folds (aryepiglottic, vestibular, and vocal), 3 spaces (vestibule, ventricle, and infraglottic cavity), 3 apertures (laryngeal aditus, rima vestibuli, rima glottidis), 2 ligaments (vestibular and vocal), and 2 membranes (quadrangular and triangular AKA conus elasticus) |
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Definition
superior laryngeal n (internal laryngeal - supravocal mucosa, external laryngeal - cricothyroid m.)
recurrent laryngeal n (infravocal mucosa and all intrinsic laryngeal mm except cricothyroid m) |
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Term
| where do you insert a surgical airway |
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Definition
| just above the laryngeal prominence |
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